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[@NeoRacer]

As someone who doesn't read books, i can only assume that the book must have a very light tone to it and is not sad

[@TheOnlyBanjo_Kablamjo]

The Road actually got me back into reading. It is my favorite book now, I totally recommend it!

[@RewindingFilm04]

​@@TheOnlyBanjo_Kablamjosame, I read it in my AP Literature high school class. Absolutely loved it, gotta read it again sometime

[@jmckendry84]

Of course it's not sad. What's sad about Roads? Nothing!

[@TheDrsalvation]

There's a movie with virgo mortensteiner, it's about roads, road construction, road architecture, and roadrunners.

[@darkblaze373]

ITS depressing but highly entertaining

[@HaroldTheBad]

It would've been a happier book if Judge Holden was in it.

[@ManCarryingThing]

that dude is always dancing and cheering everyone up

[@MiniModellingOfficial]

@@ManCarryingThing really having "fun" with the folk around him

[@mudejurph2192]

What a swell fellow. And great with kids

[@MiniModellingOfficial]

@@mudejurph2192 uhhhhhhhh, (at this moment he felt true fear)

[@smarttravel3144]

@@ManCarryingThing So dedicated he doesn't sleep!

[@tyc9909]

what a great ad to make me read the book he can't keep getting away with this

[@user-vc2wz8cn9r]

Make sure to let us know how it goes. You’re in a for a hell of a ride

[@forcinghandlesisdumb]

Yeah, uh, have fun.

[@kkachi560]

do what i just did and read the wikipedia plot synopsis instead

[@TheBigYC]

That's why he gets paid the big bucks.

[@n1ppe]

​@@kkachi560 No

[@connorhealy3562]

Man Carrying the Imperceptibly Heavy Burden of Hope in The Last Flicker of Humanity

[@alecrobbins3989]

Man Carrying the Fire

[@joerobins5649]

I've never experienced a book that made me feel an actual physical sensation before. The Road legitimately made me feel cold as I read it. Amazing book. I'm never reading it again.

[@johnsmith-jq1uc]

a book with knives in the edges would make you feel pain.

[@unamericano]

Glad to see the book and the movie illicit similar feelings

[@hookback]

Same thing happened to me with the movie. I can't watch it again. That damn cellar scene.

[@LORDSHIPICKLE]

I felt depression after reading it, I hated every second of it and would have stopped if it wasn’t for my English class requiring me to read it

[@plaguepandemic5651]

​@@LORDSHIPICKLE well it's not exactly supposed to be a happy book. It's about the end of humanity and utter hopelessness. The fact it makes you feel such emotions speaks to how powerful it is

[@oneinathousand2156]

I’m literally on my way to buy this book from a store as I write this (I’m not the one driving), I can’t wait to find out what joyous shenanigans the father and son get into on the road ;)

[@oneinathousand2156]

UPDATE: At this store, which sells second-hand stuff, somebody must have given them dozens, maybe close to 50 copies of this book, which was not there the last time I went.

[@GleeChan]

@@oneinathousand2156 That only means it's a instant classic.....y-yeah

[@hansyolo8277]

The joyous journey of a father and son crossing the country together, meeting interesting new people and getting into wonderous escapades

[@bottyhammer]

Holiday Ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oad Holiday Ro-o-o-o-o-o-oad It's that one right?

[@the_panos]

It genuinely is. It also is a book noone ever wants to read a second time. ​@@GleeChan

[@peg9125]

Man Carrying The Fire

[@whiphess7658]

Underrated comment

[@rotmuscaria]

I outright cackled. I had a class once where that book was part of the suggested reading, only for the professor to say "Don't get me wrong, it's very good, but don't read it if you're in a delicate state of mind." And, being the beautiful crystal glass that I am, I have resolved to never read it. Thanks for the heads up prof!

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Wish my teacher gave me that warning before making me read classic Turkish literature. I have gone into depression afterwards since I had bipolar disorder and forced read because it was compulsory

[@Lilli_McGovern]

I was half expecting this to just be multiple hours of you silently reading

[@TheRealGABFilms]

Was just about to comment this lol

[@Kyle-td4bh]

and then it ends with him starting to cry before the video cuts of

[@CommentaryCommenter]

Man Carrying Foreshadowing

[@TheCryptisreal]

Yes

[@becauseicangaming2479]

Reading Three Musketeers until someone says M'lady

[@hayk3000]

Reading Reddit until someone says M'lady

[@becauseicangaming2479]

@@hayk3000 Yeah that would take two seconds

[@ZayJayPlays]

I think this is the only book challenge you've done where I've actually read the book.

[@andrejparunovic6888]

Is it good?

[@ZayJayPlays]

@@andrejparunovic6888 Very very dark.

[@lumina_]

​@@andrejparunovic6888yes!

[@lucasoor4894]

​@@andrejparunovic6888 Its amazing! 10/10 Won't read it ever again

[@Zoomii5]

​@@andrejparunovic6888 It's better than good.

[@ahennessy7998]

He carried the challenge

[@andeve3]

reading The Road until someone sees for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.

[@Shoot2thrill]

I can tell a James Patterson quote when I see one

[@glads-bw6he]

It's like one of those challenges videos on a game where the youtuber replaces every mob in the game with a boss or anything that sounds intriguing and genuinely interesting until he finds a bug where the boss's hitbox is too big so they all die because they're out of bounds and the challenge becomes too much easy so you end up disappointed

[@chlomance]

you cooked with this one

[@donnymcjonny6531]

Each day grayer than the last...

[@mrbooboohead157]

Each day gayer than the last

[@Loaf-fi-beets]

I must say that is a beautiful hardback edition that really matches the Christmassy vibe of the story

[@Anonymous-cc9vh]

I just started reading 'Butcher's Crossing' because of you. Thank you? There is a question mark at the end of that last sentence for a reason.

[@barsabe]

edit probably didn't suffice

[@thebatman1482]

So sweet of McCarthy to dedicate this book to his son! I wonder how caring the characters in this book are with children😊😊😊

[@jadot_5]

reading The Road until something happy happens? uh yeah, I sure hope it does

[@plaguepandemic5651]

To be fair, the part where they found the bunker full of food was pretty happy

[@nachoolo]

Weird enough there's some happy moments in the book itself. The main theme of the book (even with all the horrors in the world, human decency must continue) is quite idealistic.

[@user-vc2wz8cn9r]

Life is about enjoying the little things, like the taste of Coca-Cola

[@evanorsomething909]

Reading Child of God until something grotesque happens

[@oneinathousand2156]

Reading Outer Dark until something purple prose-y happens

[@caravanlifenz]

As a person who grew up in a broken home where our mother left us when we were kids and our father told us he didn't want us any longer, I will look forward to reading this happy family tale about a father and son, as I know it will brighten my day and outlook on life 🥰

[@thecalmbro]

Im not saying this to sound contrarian but I know it comes off that way: The road is a weirdly peaceful and meditative book, to me at least. I love how it's not very plot heavy and mostly just about the day to day mundane trudging through a cold, dead, empty world punctuated by occasional brief encounters where people don't really know how to talk or how to behave because human contact is so infrequent. And the simplicity with which the father and son interact and talk. It's all very simple and straightforward but weirdly beautiful and touching at the same time. I don't know why but there's something almost relaxing about how dour this book is? Somethings wrong with me probably? I also just so happened to have finished the road today of all days so I'm pretty sure man carrying thing is watching me not sure how to feel about that.

[@jacobringenwald]

I like how the copy of the book in the video is different than the one in the thumbnail

[@Kira1Lawliet]

They say Man could Carry Anything... ...but he couldn't carry the painful truth.

[@mukkah]

Man Carrying Thing Not Man Carrying Heavy Thing In His Heart

[@justinsekula4102]

The Road is a fantastic book and the movie adaptation was great as well, though it does remove some of the freakiest details. Also love the fact that while filming around Pittsburgh, Viggo Mortensen kept getting kicked out of restaurants because he was in costume and they thought he was actually homeless.

[@Dative420]

Man carrying the road

[@ecta9604]

It’s worth reading twice. The first read for me was like watching a car wreck - I couldn’t look away because I was so drawn to the terrible things happening on the page. The second time through I knew what to expect there and the theme of hope was way brighter and more apparent. Definitely worth a reread imo - might even have been written to be reread.

[@hoggo3789]

The thing Man was carrying today was our innocence. Thank you, Man.

[@paulcourtemanche3549]

I thought this would be the entire audiobook of The Road

[@joshuaizly5502]

He sure did carry that book, that's the content I subscribed for.

[@tymoteuszkosinski5352]

Finally Man chose a book that I have read and which has not scarred me in any way whatsoever

[@KyleReardon]

I'm just glad these Folio Society editions are showing up on camera

[@tombarnard1322]

Really The Road was the happiness that Man carried along the way

[@EricMcLuen]

Next up - reading McCarthy up to the first run-on sentence.

[@KiddCrowley]

Hey MCT really enjoyed your Butcher's Crossing video, actually went out and bought a copy of it myself because of it. You got anymore long form book read videos that analyze the terrors and beauty of the human condition coming soon? :)

[@ManCarryingThing]

that's awesome, hope you enjoy (and absolutely i do)

[@GlitchToph]

​​@@ManCarryingThing I already like dark narratives from other mediums, but I haven't read many books of the BC or Blood Meridian kind yet, and your videos piqued my interest. Which of them both would you recommend for me to try first?

[@Treopse]

Thanks for making me read the Road. I loved it. An experience. The matters moved on quickly yet were thoroughly dealt with and with impact. I didn't know there could be such a thing; usually the scenes lasts for chapters on end in other books. Just the best.

[@pants4736]

Reading The Road ruined my life

[@Brendissimo1]

It's a great book that I feel no desire to ever read again. The world it depicts is bleaker than any apocalypse I could actually imagine. Short of an asteroid wiping out all life on the planet. But at least that would be a quick death.

[@will3976]

You can lead a thing to thing, but you cant make it carry the thing

[@FookMi69]

Thank you for this spoiler-free reading of this book!

[@riloegaming]

The Man carrying The Boy

[@stufco]

It's kind of a spoiler but this is genuinely his happiest book because he wrote it with his son in mind. He allows himself the wishful thinking necessary for a sliver of hope.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Fuck how depressed was he?

[@apuffin9545]

​@@exosproudmamabear558the road is actually incredibly hopeful lol. Even in the worst situation imaginable, you should always choose love, that's the road

[@stufco]

@@exosproudmamabear558 I don't know if depressed is the word for it, but to give you an idea, he wrote Outer Dark, a novel about incest and rampaging cold-blooded murder, while partying with his second wife on Ibiza.

[@FailcopterWes]

"You can't make me read any more of the book." You have done that yourself.

[@user-sq2kd7zz9q]

So true. Died of boredom and hopelessness and greyness after like 20 pages.

[@ClearPearlProductions]

This is one of those books I read in English class over a decade ago that has actually stuck with me ever since, so obviously your take is impossibly accurate, good job, you absolute psychic.

[@Jensegaense]

Congratulations on completing the challenge! 👏👏👏

[@DarrienDane]

guys that don’t read love mccarthy because we get our fill on looking extremely hetero and jacked for reading it, while simultaneously appearing smart to people who also do not read

[@dustinnabil798]

McCarthy is the literary equivalent of Ryan Gosling.

[@the_panos]

These are two very confusing comments. I'm guessing intentional shit posting? His work is poetry. The events are bleak and the humanity is close to absent but the writing is literate and beautiful. Unless "oh yeah I read Mccarthy" is a thing that's completely passed me by... I just read whatever I can find and have been like that since I was 6. Cormac is special. His books give me more to think about the older I get, hard as they are to stomach at times.

[@dustinnabil798]

@@the_panos Considering this is man carrying things channel, I thought it would be obvious that most of the comments are shitpost.

[@mauritsplaysdrums]

Thanks for the book tip, been a bit down lately could really use a fun book with many happy moments to cheer me up!

[@usernameunkn0wn-1]

Man thing carrying

[@ScottishGremlin]

Wow! The Road seems like such a happy and wholesome book! I can’t wait to read it just be so filled with joy and life! Thanks for the recommendation Man who carries Thing!

[@alexanderbodine3004]

I never knew that and am retroactively devastated more than I already was...

[@danielrich7152]

One of these days I will read this book but I am scared

[@sleepyjoe730]

I saw this video and read the road in its entirety the following night

[@zomboni1312]

All jokes aside this video made me try reading through the book again and I finished it in one sitting. Grandfather died pretty recently and it helped a lot so thank you, Man Carrying Thing, you truly never miss.

[@johnwerner69]

This just makes me want to really read the book!

[@blackfrost9011]

Oh boy sounds like The Road is a pretty cheerful book, I’ll have to give it a read 😀

[@jessg3533]

Thought you were talking about _On The Road_ for a few minutes and was so confused 😅

[@MesaLoveYou]

He never misses

[@worsel555]

That is a pretty good loophole, I was thinking this was going to be an epic, multipart series. If only I had thought of that before reading it myself...

[@NameInsertedHere]

Hi Man that Carries Thing from the youtubes, i read butcher's crossing as you recommended months or years ago and i saw your video about it the other day, it was a very good video and i hope that there will be more of these long form videos from you soon. I also wanted to let you know one of my favorite parts that also i think perfectly showed how all the characters are as people was the part with the liver and the ritualisticality of the liver.

[@jackdog06]

This Is a great idea. I gonna go do the same thing right now with House Of Leaves!

[@justinhowe3878]

you are excellent at reading!!!!

[@HoloTheDrunk]

Man Carrying the weight of knowledge on his shoulders

[@wrinklchu]

just finished the book, i feel the need to love unconditionally regardless of whatever cruelty surrounds me.

[@NaiFarang]

I love how your videos are always so meta even when they are not making fun of a youtuber or something trending it still seems so meta with the "cause I don't have too" and the "I won" and the "you can't make me read anymore" I love it so much and it always makes me feel good.

[@virginialoverproductions]

I was going to comment, "Man carrying the fire," but it seems someone already had the same idea

[@ihtevwls]

genuinely thought it would just be a massive timelapse of you reading the entire book

[@merck__]

I can't wait to read this the next time I need a pick me up. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@thomashverring9484]

You beat the book! And McCarthy! Hah, carrying the trophy down the road!

[@TheHumanVoiceBox]

I listened to the audio book and cried whilst driving

[@narconyx]

I have to read this for high school next year, you're scaring me 😭

[@antipusrises]

That is a beautiful edition my dude

[@BurnieCybers]

I’m like a 1/3rd of the way through and… hooo boy it’s great literature, terrible punctuation and the most unique thing I’ve touched in a while.

[@xbadburnsx6836]

Man Carrying Fire

[@just2watch1clip]

I haven't heard about this book before, but it sounds like just the injection of sunshine I need in my life right now! I'll give it a look...

[@thebigshep]

I know you made this video to flex your Folio Society edition, Mr. Thing, you can't hide from me with the trade paperback in the thumbnail

[@U_N_Owen]

Just read it for my Contemporary Lit class and the best compliment I can give it is that it has a definitively "happy" ending, unlike the movie which abruptly ends before you know whether things are going to be okay or not.

[@nicolehagstromschmidt5912]

_The Road_ is the best book that I will never read again.

[@Filmilliterates]

I got no further than the title. I like roads. Roads get you places. They make me happy.

[@user-nt3mo7zj6u]

Hey Mr. Man carrying thing. Love to see your videos. I never had much interest in reading but saw what your channel was about other than comedy. So i went ahead and bought a copy of 'The complete novels of sherlock holmes' because of its popularity and it being regarded as a classic. After finishing it it ignited a fire in me to read. Im currently reading 'Lord of the mysteries' and 'Omnisicent readers viewpoint' . Tho both of them are webnovels im thoroughly enjoying them. Thank you for posting and im counting on reading every book you recommend 😊

[@KevEatsCheese]

he never misses, the absolute legend

[@BirdMorphingOne]

What a happy story!

[@beddypk2778]

The man can carry the thing but he may may not have the strength to carry the fire that the boy and his father carries...

[@Nikki_the_G]

I can tell you: when the boy gets to taste soda for the first and probably last time. That's it.

[@user-np1uh2bt5q]

man carrying the fire

[@BurgerSoup]

That book cover slaps though.

[@Slipstream317]

He never gets depressed, the absolute road!

[@Dagens24]

I got to about the second to last page and had to put the book down for like half an hour because I couldn't see the words through all the tears.

[@mayormars5135]

Well played sir you are the nr1 speed runner of the road

[@UnTizio100K]

The Man really did carry the Book

[@travisbrown9936]

Man flexing folio books

[@animemans-]

Man carrying the fire.

[@seanjenkins5505]

I was hoping this would be a 3 hour long video of you just being forced to read the whole book in one sitting

[@lovesigurd6183]

I read it once for a school group review. Really funny sitting around like "yeah the party were he describes that a baby has been eaten is fucked up but the descriptive language is really good"

[@misterbennnn]

Man Not Carrying Shoes, because The Road certainly didn't

[@Goomba456]

You're slowly tricking me into wanting to read books, you'd be a killer english teacher

[@ErkaaJ]

Came for the books, stayed for the looks